A text-to-self connection is one where students are reminded of personal experiences when reading a book or passage. An event, character, or feeling in the book prompted the student to recall something similar in their own lives. For example: while reading a book about animals, a student says, “I saw a giraffe this weekend when I went to the zoo.”

Text-to-self connections are highly personal connections that a reader makes between a piece of reading material and the reader’s own experiences or life. An example of a text-to-self connection might be, “This story reminds me of a vacation we took to my grandfather’s farm.”

To find a connection between a text and self, you may need to to dig into your brain and really think about your memories and experiences. Here are some ways you can create connections. "This book reminds me of when I ________" "I felt the same way as _____ when I _____" "The same thing happened to me ________"

The text-to-self connection is when the text or book makes you think about what happened! It may be the connection to the experiences in the story or to the emotions and actions of the characters. Example: "This story reminds me of a vacation we took to my grandfather's farm."